 Okay let's take a look at sprouts. Amazing thing sprouts. I mean you know one of the big considerations with them is they take up so little space and provide such an abundance of nutrients and they are actually incredibly easy to do yourself. Granted some things seeds grain sprout more readily than others but it is an easily achievable thing to do. So let's take a look at some of their virtues. Firstly what are sprouts? They are seeds that have germinated and put out shoots so they are in that very early stage of growth and you can sprout seeds grains and legumes quite a range of them. Why they are so beneficial is because at this stage of growth they have got a really high concentration of nutrients so vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes and you know if you look at that little table there there is an abundance of things that you can consider sprouting. Okay before we look at the energetics and composition of the sprouts I just want to draw your attention to the little text box up the top of the slide and there is a link there that you can follow to the website of the Sproutman. In fact you will probably have to copy and paste that link into your browser. The Sproutman which you would imagine by the name is a chap who is very involved in all things sprouting so there is some really interesting and helpful information on the website and the Sproutman you know started up his sprouting business back in the 70s and has continued. He very sadly died in a car accident a few years ago but his sons have carried on his sprouting legacy and there really is some very interesting information on there. So if you want to get into sprouting it is a good go-to place. So looking at the energetics not surprisingly the cooling you know we have got a kind of watery quite high concentration water food and along with things like the wheat grass etc has the cooling energetics. Now different sprouts have varied nutritional profiles but in general sprouts tend to be high in protein and really quite you know given the smallness of the sprout really quite significant amounts of protein magnesium phosphorus manganese various vitamins including vitamin C vitamin K chlorophyll is that green component there antioxidants and fiber. So remember that sprouting increases protein concentration so in particular the essential amino acids and this is where you can consider you can look at a sprout and think oh it looks quite insignificant but you can sprout grains like wheat for example use a good organic wheat grain and sprout it and make a seed bread out of it which is a lovely kind of moist bread-like texture really delicious doesn't even need anything on it you can eat it as it is or you can toast it and yet it's it's simply made from sprouted grain it's amazing stuff so there's all sorts of recipes available. Sprouting also sort of bypasses some of the naturally occurring don't really like the term but we call them anti-nutrients such as phytates and and tannins so when you're sprouting you know grains and legumes and nuts typically contain you know reasonable levels of phytates at least not so much tannins now why I said I don't like calling them anti-nutrients is because it makes them sound like they're really bad and they're not. Phytates actually have some beneficial properties in their own right they're they're antioxidants likewise tannins antioxidant they can help improve if there's leaky gut problems help with because they help to bind proteins help with that mucus membrane linking so you know they can have some real health benefits the why they're referred to as anti-nutrients is that because they really like binding to things they tend to bind to minerals like calcium and iron and food so they can decrease the absorption of those minerals now the point to that is that you you don't not ever eat foods that contain phytates and tannins it's just that you think well I'll have a mix of foods and I won't necessarily include them at every meal also in some of your other lectures you'll find out about specific ways to prepare grains and etc to reduce that phytate content in the meantime sprouts are naturally reduced and so what that means is that the other nutrients in the sprout can be more readily utilized if you enjoyed this video please give it a like and subscribe below so you don't miss any future content to learn more about CNM or its courses head to www.naturopathy-uk.com